Our paragraph topic is: (Anger of the Jewish leaders) Part 1.
He cast out the money changers. He overturned the tables used for the buying and selling. He proclaimed the iniquity that was being practiced in the house of the Lord and told the people that it is written that the temple is a place of worship and prayer, not a den for thieves.
The Jewish leaders were astonished at his actions. They had allowed the buying and selling in the temple. They were the ones who didn't think that it was wrong for thieves to practice their skills in the temple. They were the ones who were embarrassed by the actions of Christ Jesus, the man they saw as a threat. He came to pray. He came to give worship in the temple. He came to give honor to his heavenly Father and he saw all this taking place in this holy place. So he cleaned house that he could be at peace in this place of worship. And the people came to hear the word and be set free. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Come one, come all and be healed. Come to the church, the place of worship, the place of healing, the place of forgiveness and find your new self in the Lord. Christ has paid the price for our transgressions. Christ has passed the test and bought a new life for all those who believe. Come one, come all and be healed.
The world is the place where we live. The world is the place where we work. The world is the place where we eat and breathe and love and hate and seek and die. The world will deceive you. The world will corrupt you. The world will turn you away from that which was freely given you at birth. Life is ours to have. Life eternal is ours to hold. Physical life of the body is not ours for eternity but only that for a fleeting moment. It is that which is within which is eternal and the world wants to take that away from us. The worlds wants death.
Christ can heal us. He can forgive us our transgressions. He can give us a new life, a new purpose, a new beginning. There are pleasures in the world, and riches, and desires to fulfill but none can truly satisfy like that which Christ offers. In him there is completion, fulfillment, peace. For he provides all that the heart desires and fills, with over running capacity, the hole that worldly life leaves. We are children of the creator, the Father in heaven. And he loves all that he has created. He is the judge and jury, and all injustices will be dealt with. Today we learn of his words given us through the Holy Spirit. Tomorrow we see and hear the completion of those written words brought to fruition. For it is written.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
He cast out the money changers. He overturned the tables used for the buying and selling. He proclaimed the iniquity that was being practiced in the house of the Lord and told the people that it is written that the temple is a place of worship and prayer, not a den for thieves.
The Jewish leaders were astonished at his actions. They had allowed the buying and selling in the temple. They were the ones who didn't think that it was wrong for thieves to practice their skills in the temple. They were the ones who were embarrassed by the actions of Christ Jesus, the man they saw as a threat. He came to pray. He came to give worship in the temple. He came to give honor to his heavenly Father and he saw all this taking place in this holy place. So he cleaned house that he could be at peace in this place of worship. And the people came to hear the word and be set free. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Come one, come all and be healed. Come to the church, the place of worship, the place of healing, the place of forgiveness and find your new self in the Lord. Christ has paid the price for our transgressions. Christ has passed the test and bought a new life for all those who believe. Come one, come all and be healed.
The world is the place where we live. The world is the place where we work. The world is the place where we eat and breathe and love and hate and seek and die. The world will deceive you. The world will corrupt you. The world will turn you away from that which was freely given you at birth. Life is ours to have. Life eternal is ours to hold. Physical life of the body is not ours for eternity but only that for a fleeting moment. It is that which is within which is eternal and the world wants to take that away from us. The worlds wants death.
Christ can heal us. He can forgive us our transgressions. He can give us a new life, a new purpose, a new beginning. There are pleasures in the world, and riches, and desires to fulfill but none can truly satisfy like that which Christ offers. In him there is completion, fulfillment, peace. For he provides all that the heart desires and fills, with over running capacity, the hole that worldly life leaves. We are children of the creator, the Father in heaven. And he loves all that he has created. He is the judge and jury, and all injustices will be dealt with. Today we learn of his words given us through the Holy Spirit. Tomorrow we see and hear the completion of those written words brought to fruition. For it is written.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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